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Home Safety Checklist

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
A home safety checklist used for assessing safety, accessibility, and possible barriers for individuals in their homes.
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Home Management: What are Your Roles?

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource is an informal assessment of IADL participation for use during patient evaluations and screens to enable an OT clinician to paint a thorough picture of the client’s roles, goals, and deficits. Helps guide a more focused and directed approach to OT intervention for home management.
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Home Management: Grading and Activity Analysis

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Home management training is a particularly important part of the OT scope of practice for clients returning home that manage household duties such as cooking, financial management, cleaning, managing medications, appointments, or lawn maintenance. When addressing IADL’s, it is necessary to grade activities so that they are addressing underlying components and give the client an […]
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Hemiplegia and Self-feeding

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource covers adaptive equipment and compensatory strategies that can improve the independence and quality of life in individuals who have hemiplegia.
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Heart Healthy Cooking

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout explains similarities in the most effective diets for prevention of cardiovascular disease, based on various studies and clinical trials, and positive outcomes of changing diet for the long term.
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Handwriting Worksheets

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Handwriting is a skill that is important for individuals across all ages. Whether it’s for completing school work, writing checks, filling out medical forms at a doctor’s office, or being able to sign important documents, writing is an important part of day to day life. Many injuries, conditions and illnesses can impact an individual’s ability […]
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Tub Transfer Bench

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
A tub transfer bench can be an important DME consideration. Verbal explanation can be difficult, and this handout can offer a written and visual guide for proper set up and use of a transfer bench. May be used in conjunction with home evaluation, discharge planning, caregiver education, and/or during OT intervention to improve recall and […]
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Getting Through the Day with Energy to Spare

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout helps patients establish strategies to optimize energy throughout the day while completing ADLs. The handout is broken down into dressing, grooming/hygiene, and bathing/showering.
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Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This activity focuses on community re-integration, and challenges navigation, numerical skills, visual skills, and a variety of cognitive skills in order to locate specific items in the store.
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Getting Dressed: The Sock Aid

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Learning to use adaptive equipment effectively can be difficult for patients. This handout offers a visual explanation of using a sock aid and includes graphics to improve carryover and recall of education.
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